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tilaka in 1658 S.E., the Jagatpremodaya in 1663 S.E. and the Prāyaścitta-pradāpa in 1675 S.E. This would point to the second quarter of the eighteenth century together with a portion of the third as the period of his literary activities.
Premanidhi was the author of a good many works on Tantra and Smộti. He himself refers to some of them. He mentions six works of his at the end of his commentary on the Sāradā-tilaka, and three at the end of the Sabda-prakāśa, while Mallādarśa incidentally refers to the Bhakti-taranginī. In the descriptive catalogues and in the lists of his works based on them as given by Aufrecht and Kane different portions of the same work appear to have, in some cases, been indicated as separate works. The same work has also sometimes been referred to under different titles. A brief account of the works on which more or less definite information is available has been published in the Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society of Bengal, Letters (Vol. VI, 1940, pp. 105–117). The present volume notices two of his many works—Prayoga-ratnākara (6510) and commentary on the Sivatāndava (5971, 6817).
RATNANĀBHA AGAMĀCĀRYA.
Ratnanābha, author of a hitherto unknown work called the Sundarirahasya-vrtti 1 (6350), has left us some personal details at the beginning and end of his work. He was a Vārendra Brahmin of Maitreya denomination. He was the son of Nārāyaṇa and grandson of Mukunda. He refers to his great grandfather as well, though the name is not quite intelligible. His guru was Gopinātha, disciple of Hayagriva. In the beginning of the work salutations are offered also to Keśavācārya, Vallabhācārya and Vidyādharācārya. It is not known if the Sundarirahasya-vrtti referred to in the Mantra-ratnākara (6192) is identical with the work of the same name by Ratnanābha.
SĀHIB KAULA.
Sāhib Kaula which seems to be a Tantric ecclesiastical designation in Kashmir is a peculiar and rather unique title. A person
The number of chapters contained in the work is ten. This number has been so conceived as to correspond to the number of categories enumerated in the system of philosophy of the Sakti-worshippers.
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